Conjugating and constructing sentences with the Spanish word: ERIGIR

Hi, I'm writing this post just to practice my sentence building in Spanish. And for you to gradually familiarize with conjugation and sentence constructioon in Spanish as well. I hope you learn something from this kind of posts! 😎

So the verb we're gonna conjugate and use in sentences today is the verb "ERIGIR".

According to Barron's Spanish-English Pocket Dictionary, "erigir" is a verb that can means:

1. to build (synonym: construir)

2. to establish (synonym: fundar)

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First, let's conjugate the verb in the present, past and future tenses of the Indicative Mood.

Present 

Yo	erijo	Nosotr@s	erigimos
Tú	eriges	Vosotr@s	erigís
Él/ella	erige	Ellos/ellas	erigen
Usted	erige	Ustedes	erigen
Past
Yo	erigí	Nosotr@s	erigimos
Tú	erigiste	Vosotr@s	erigisteis
Él/ella	erigió	Ellos/ellas	erigieron
Usted	erigió	Ustedes	erigieron
Future
Yo	erigiré	Nosotr@s	erigiremos
Tú	erigirás	Vosotr@s	erigireis
Él/ella	erigirá	Ellos/ellas	erigirán
Usted	erigirá	Ustedes	erigirán

Then, let´s conjugate "erigir" in the present and imperfect/past tenses (both -RA and -SE forms) of the Subjunctive Mood.

Yo	erija	Nosotr@s	erijamos
Tú	erijas	Vosotr@s	erijáis
Él/ella	erija	Ellos/ellas	erijan
Usted	erija	Ustedes	erijan
Yo	erigiese	Nosotr@s	erigiésemos
Tú	erigieses	Vosotr@s	erigiéseis
Él/ella	erigiese	Ellos/ellas	erigiesen
Usted	erigiese	Ustedes	erigiesen
Yo	erigiera	Nosotr@s	erigiéramos
Tú	erigieras	Vosotr@s	erigiérais
Él/ella	erigiera	Ellos/ellas	erigieran
Usted	erigiera	Ustedes	erigieran

Its present participle(gerund) and the past participle are the following:

erigiendo

erigido

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Now let's make some sentences containing the verb "ERIGIR".

Sense #1 TO BUILD/CONSTRUCT

Los albañiles erigen casas y otros edificios.  --> Masons build houses and other buildings.

La Gran Pirámide de Guiza fue erigida en el siglo XXVI a. C. --> The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in the 26th century B.C.

Sense #2 of "erigir" TO ESTABLISH/FOUND

Esa empresa se erigió hace más de veinte años. --> That company was founded more that twenty years ago.

SO, THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY!! I hope this post has been educational for you! And I'd like to challenge you...  On the comment below write down at least one sentence containing the word "ERIGIR"... OK?  😉

Buena suerte!! 🍀

Y hasta la próxima!! 👋

Spanish Vocabulary: Parts of the Body

Hi!
I wrote this post to introduce you to the parts of the human body in español! Just a simple post, for your reference :) Espero que you enjoy it! 😊

So here's the list of the Spanish names for the Parts of the body found on the image above:

SPANISH -> ENGLISH
las cejas -> the eyebrows
el cabello -> the hair  (also "el pelo" esp. in Spain)
la cabeza -> the head
los ojos -> the eyes
la nariz -> the nose
las orejas -> the ears
el cuello -> the neck
la boca -> the mouth
los hombros -> the shoulders
los brazos -> the arms
el codo -> the elbow
los dedos -> the fingers
las manos -> the hands
las piernas -> the legs
las rodillas -> the knees
los tobillos -> the ankles
los pies -> the feet

Example:
Tengo las cejas gruesas - I have thick eyebrows
Tengo el cabello negro y largo - I have long black hair
Tengo los ojos grandes - I have big eyes

Other examples:
Ella tiene las cejas gruesas así como el chico arriba - She has thick eyebrows like the guy above.
Tiene el pelo negro y corto - She has short black hair.
Tiene los dientes feos - She has ugly teeth.

Just a note:
You can use the verb "TENER" + the body part + adjective to describe yourself or somoeone else, just like the examples above!!

(Remember the conjugation of the verb TENER: yo tengo, tú tienes, él/ella/usted tiene, nosotr@s tenemos, vosotr@s tenéis, ell@s/ustedes tienen)

Now, can you describe yourself briefly in the comments below ↓↓↓↓↓??

What are you doing? = ¿Qué estás haciendo? The Spanish Gerund

Sometimes we need to expresar what we are doing at this very momento in time. In English, we use the -ING form of the verbo (technically aka the GERUND). We use "eating" when we're eating right now, "reading" when we're reading something, "watching" when we're watching the noticias in the TV right now.

So, in español, there's an equivalent form for this -ING form of the verb. Today you're going to know the gerund of some common verbs and learn how to form the gerund of any other Spanish verbs!! (...and use them in sentences) 😉

The gerunds of the following common verbs are shown as bold letters!

dar (to give): dando
estar (to be): estando
decir (to say, tell): diciendo
hacer (to do, make): haciendo
ver (to see, watch): viendo
tener (to have): teniendo
ser (to : siendo

Ex.  Ella está dando las llaves al botones del hotel. ---> She's giving the keys to the hotel's bellhop.
       ¡Tú estás diciendo disparates!  ---> You are talking nonsense!
        Yo estoy haciendo la colada en este momento. ---> I'm doing the laundry at this moment.
        Miguel y Isabel están viendo un video sobre México. ---> Michael and Isabella are watching a video on Mexico.

How to form the gerundio from the verb?

It's easy! You gonna need to learn the endings for the gerund. They are ANDO and IENDO.
If you have an -AR verb (one that ends in AR) you use the ending ANDO. However to do this, you first have to remove the AR from the verb, and then attach ANDO to what remains of the verb!

To illustrate, let's take the verb we already saw above, "dar". It's an AR verb because it ends in AR.
First, remove the AR.
So then, we are left with only: d-
Next, we add the ANDO to the "d" and we have formed the gerund of "dar": dando!!

I told you it's easy, right? 😄

Now! What about if the verb you have ends in ER or IR (they're called -ER and -IR verbs, respectively)??? The same method as the AR verbs, only you'll need to attach IENDO instead (of course, after removing the ER/ IR ending! 😠).

So, for the verb "comer" (to eat), remove the ER and then add IENDO. What do you got? Yes, you're right... you got the gerund of "comer": comiendo!!! 
(You can imagine the transformation from verb to gerund with this formula: comer - er = com +iendo = comiendo! Haha!)

And..... for the -IR verb "escribir" (to write):
escribir - ir = escrib
escrib + iendo = escribiendo!

ESCRIBIENDO! , which in English means "writing".

Yo estoy escribiendo una carta. = I'm writing a letter.
Tú estás escribiendo el número de teléfono. = You're writing the telephone number.

Do you understand the gerund in Spanish now?


If so, I want you to write in the comments box below ↓ the gerunds of the following list of verbs! OK? Ready??

Here they are:

1. tomar (to drink, take)

2. correr (to run)

3. cumplir (to comply)

4. romper (to break, tear)

5. cocinar (to cook)


GOOD LUCK!! 💪🍀
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Aesop's Story with Morals

Hi. I´m back with translating fables 😊I know this one here is quite short, but I like its moral lesson. 

I think the moral of this story has something to do with one of my favorite mottos 🌹Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 🌹, that's why I am sharing.. I guess you'll like it! :)

(Source of the story is http://www.storyit.com/Classics/Stories/roosterjewel.htm)

The Rooster and the Jewel

an Aesop Fable

       A very hungry rooster was scratching and digging in the dirt looking for food. He scratched and dug and finally found a beautiful jewel. He was amazed at how the gem shone glittered.

rooster and jewel

       "This is a very fine and beautiful thing," he thought, "but I would rather have one tasty kernel of corn instead."

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MORAL :What is a treasure to one may be worthless to another.

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Here's my translation  ✍
of the very short fable to Spanish!

El Gallo y La Joya

un fábula de Aesop

Un gallo hambriento arañaba la tierra cavándola a fin de encontrar su comida. Arañaba y cavaba hasta que por fin encontró una joya muy bonita. ¡Le era asombroso cómo la piedra preciosa brillaba! 

-- Esta es una cosa tan preciosa y fina -- pensó -- sin embargo, preferiría más bien un grano de maíz delicioso.

La moraleja: Lo que es un tesoro a uno puede serle una cosa sin valor al otro.

So there you go! I hope you enjoyed the story! 😇😉

HOW DO YOU SAY and WRITE Dates IN SPANISH!

¡Hola! Today's lesson is all about FECHAS! Dates!!! 1,2,3,4 etc etc etc

¿Ya saben escribir las fechas en español? Do you already know how to write dates in Spanish?

Writing dates in Spanish is pretty much the same as in English... 😊¡pero hay una trampilla! There´s a little catch! 😞

The date format that Spanish speakers prefer is the following:  day / month / year.  This is the opposite in English (especially US English), where the month comes FIRST, before both the day and the year (that is: month / day / year)! 

Note: British/UK English , however, allows the same format as the Spanish: day/month/year

So, for example!

Today's date is March 1, 2018 or in UK 1st of March, 2018. In Spanish, we say "el uno DE marzo DE 2018". You need the preposition "de" in between the date, month and year. In Latin America, you may hear people say it like : el "primero" de marzo de 2018, which is also correct! 👍

Yesterday was February 28, 2018. In Spanish: Ayer fue el 28 de febrero de 2018. "Ayer" means yesterday.

Tomorrow is Friday, March 2, 2018. Mañana es viernes, el dos de marzo de 2018. "Mañana" means tomorrow, and "viernes" means Friday.

The declaration of the American Independence was on July 4, 1776. La declaración de la independencia estadounidense fue el cuatro de julio de 1776.

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. Él nació el 14 de marzo de 1879.

There you go! It's a very easy topic in Spanish, I know! But I want to see how well you've learned today's lesson! In the comments section below this post, write your COMPLETE BIRTHDAY ! First in English, then after that in Spanish! REMEMBER: Follow the Spanish date format! :)

Okay? ¡Buena suerte!

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